<p>“I think phuriku is confusing Chicago’s MEDIAN score or ADMITTED score with Dartmouth’s MEAN score.”</p>
<p>Why would I confuse those? Chicago doesn’t even publish such information. Also, schools don’t care about mean, and the vast majority of schools don’t publish that information.</p>
<p>Here you go:</p>
<p>[College</a> Search - University of Chicago - Chicago - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Chicago’s SATs:
Math 700-780
CR 700-780
Total: 1400-1560</p>
<p>[College</a> Search - Dartmouth College - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Dartmouth’s SATs:
Math 670-780
CR 690-790
Total: 1360-1570</p>
<p>So Chicago is 30 points AHEAD of Dartmouth. That you’ve never seen evidence of Chicago even “being close to Dartmouth’s range” shows the extent of your misinformation. Also, Dartmouth is not 10 points behind Princeton… it is 50 points behind Princeton. Chicago is 20 points behind Princeton.</p>
<p>Also, surprisingly, Chicago EA has a lower acceptance rate than Dartmouth ED <em>AND</em> Chicago RD has a lower acceptance rate than Dartmouth RD. Don’t believe me? Do the calculations yourself. It sounds counter-intuitive, as Dartmouth has a lower overall acceptance rate, but basic math demonstrates the validity of such a scenario. (The counter-intuitive part is cleared up once you realize the effect that weighting of EA vs. RD has on total acceptance rate.)</p>
<p>Despite overall acceptance rate (of which there is only about 4-5% difference anyway), Chicago is harder to get into than Dartmouth once you take everything into account (lower acceptance rates during both admissions cycles AND higher SATs).</p>